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Intel informed Chinese companies, including Lenovo and Alibaba, of the Meltdown and Spectre flaws in its processors before the U.S. government found out from reading press reports:
Intel Corporation initially warned a handful of customers, including several Chinese technology firms, about security flaws within its processor chips, while at the same time not telling the U.S. government, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
Security experts told the newspaper that the decision could have allowed Chinese tech companies to flag the vulnerabilities to Beijing, giving the Chinese government opportunity to exploit them.
Jake Williams, head of the security company Rendition Infosec and former National Security Agency (NSA) employee, told the Journal that it is a "near certainty" the Chinese government knew about the flaws from the Intel correspondence with Chinese tech companies, as Beijing keeps tabs on such communications.
The Journal reported that Alibaba Group, a top selling Chinese cloud-computing services company, was among the firms notified of the flaw early on.
The NSA is more likely to spy on you than China.
Intel CEO sold shares on same day OEMs informed of bugs: report
Also at TechCrunch and Engadget.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday January 30 2018, @01:52AM (6 children)
Is it totally un-American to think the same companies will be in no way special when it comes to protecting their assets?
Because I can see quite a big reduction in the defense budget if US govt will allocate the same budget in protecting Joe SixPack's interest and the interest of any US-spawn multi-national acting abroad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @03:10AM (1 child)
The bailouts of last decade were totally un-American.
(Score: 4, Informative) by c0lo on Tuesday January 30 2018, @04:56AM
How can you say that?
They helped multinats on the expense of the American people, of course they were pro-American!
It was even a consensual 'fuck you, people!'... in the sense both the R and D sides consented (Bush started the bailout, Obama finished).
If this isn't the typical American style, I don't know what else is.
(grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @08:36AM (3 children)
it is wrong to reason in terms of American and Unamerican when confronting the worlwide financial system. Case in point Trans pacific treaty. in Europe people were told it was forced upon us by american interests, then Trump bails out of it because of American interests. So, whose interest it is and how big it is to be able to silence media on an international scale? The real borders and the real war is not between nations.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday January 30 2018, @10:46AM (2 children)
My point of view?
"it is wrong to reason in terms of American and Unamerican FULLSTOP".
It's a pity the Americans on average see everything as a race/competition which they, preferable, have to win
(if you feel the temptation to utter "survival of the fittest", I'll be grateful if you spare me of that dog-eat-dog BS mentality)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @07:30PM (1 child)
Only a fool scoffs at "Survival of the Fittest".
It is the case that the fittest might be the most "nurturing", etc. It doesn't have to be a matter of dog-eat-dog.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday January 30 2018, @11:25PM
True.
But it is the stupid who always translate it in a "dog-eat-dog" simplified meaning.
And you must admit that's the most common knee-jerk reaction reaction coming from US side (at least, that's my personal experience).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford